[EL] 2012 first time since 1952 when US House popular vote majority ends up as minority

[Michael McDonald]

Also happened in 1996, se p.52 of the 1996 recapitulation of the vote for
the House, as reported by the Clerk of the House:

http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2006election.pdf 

Democrats received 42.0 million votes to the Republicans' 35.7 million.

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Dr. Michael P. McDonald
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-last-hundred-years-gave-one-party-a-house-majority-even-though-the-other-ma
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